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Sweet Land (2005)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (1,328 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Ali Selim
Writers:
Will Weaver (short story "A Gravestone Made of Wheat") and
Ali Selim (writer)
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A love story
Plot:
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota meet the man destined to be her husband. Bureaucracy and social morality cause major complications. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
6 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent film from a new talent in Hollywood, Hurray! more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elizabeth Reaser ... Young Inge

Lois Smith ... Old Inge

Patrick Heusinger ... Young Lars
Stephen Pelinski ... Old Lars

Tim Guinee ... Young Olaf

Robert Hogan ... Old Olaf

Alan Cumming ... Young Frandsen
Paul Sand ... Old Frandsen

Jodie Markell ... Donna Torvik

Sage Kermes ... Mae Torvik
Kirsten Frantzich ... Lee
Stephen Yoakam ... Einar Torvik

Karen Landry ... Rose Torvik
James Cada ... Minister Thorwald
Debbie DeLisi ... Sarah Torvik
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wedding Photo (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for brief partial nudity and mild language.
Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Dawson, Minnesota, USA more
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Company:
120dB Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Most of the Norwegian and German was not scripted, but made up by the actors during filming and is gibberish. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Even without the use of a mechanical thresher, Inge and Olav would have had horse-drawn machinery to harvest and thresh corn in the 1920s. Harvesting corn by hand scythe and threshing it by hand are outdated techniques by the year 1880, much less 1920. more
Quotes:
Brownie: You hungry? hungry?
[rubs stomach]
Inge: I could eat a horse.
Brownie: Well we could find dat.
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Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent film from a new talent in Hollywood, Hurray!, 8 March 2005
10/10
Author: jmadams007 from United States

This film is marvelous, I was able to have a sneak peak as a student here at the U of M because my teacher (Tom Pope) actually aided in the screenplay of this wonderful debut. Avoiding all the clichés of a typical Hollywood romance, this one doesn't go strait for the tear ducts but if it doesn't warm those puppies up by the end than you're a heartless person. Excellent cast, story and directing, I cannot wait till this is out there for the public. There was a Q&A afterward with the director (Ali) and the producers, and it was so interesting to hear and see their processes in their own words, wonderful men who deserve all the success in the world with this film, a great movie for all ages, truly original and moving.

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Salim has Distinctive, Vivid Touch as Director. beckwith10
Some more errors cc_brewster
Is 'Inge' supposed to be a norwegian woman? janingar
Likable movie but inconsistencies ruin it nicholas468
Love this film... BUT... PhreeByrd
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